Popular baby names in Arizona, 1944

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1944 were Mary for girls (383 babies) and Robert for boys (328). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,439 babies born in Arizona in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1944

Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Margarita: 20 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Lupe: 33 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Josie: 25 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Yolanda: 33 babies, 12× the national rate
Carmen: 43 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Olivia: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Cecilia: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lydia: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Toni: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nellie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 25 babies, 176.2× the national rate
Angel: 16 babies, 27.7× the national rate
Hector: 21 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Armando: 18 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Manuel: 90 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Rudy: 33 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Jesus: 32 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Francisco: 20 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ramon: 24 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Carlos: 34 babies, 9.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	383	–	1
2	Barbara	161	–	2
3	Linda	155	–	3
4	Patricia	145	–	4
5	Margaret	125	↑4	14
6	Carol	115	↑4	5
7	Sandra	114	–	6
8	Sharon	114	↓3	8
9	Judy	109	↑10	12
10	Gloria	106	↓2	25
11	Betty	105	↓5	10
12	Nancy	85	↑6	7
13	Frances	83	↓2	33
14	Shirley	82	↓2	15
15	Maria	78	↑6	80
16	Judith	76	↑10	9
17	Karen	73	↓3	16
18	Carolyn	71	↓5	11
19	Susan	69	↑3	13
20	Virginia	69	↓5	26
21	Martha	67	↓1	29
22	Alice	64	↓6	38
23	Donna	60	–	17
24	Helen	59	↓7	31
25	Irene	59	–	91
26	Dorothy	54	↑2	19
27	Norma	54	↑5	66
28	Elizabeth	53	↑3	23
29	Marie	50	↑15	48
30	Sylvia	48	↓1	83
31	Bonnie	45	new	34
32	Connie	44	↑5	51
33	Carmen	43	↓6	>100
34	Cheryl	43	new	36
35	Joyce	43	↓11	18
36	Josephine	42	new	>100
37	Sally	41	↑2	59
38	Beverly	39	↑2	35
39	Pamela	38	new	44
40	Patsy	37	↑9	72
41	Rose	37	↓8	52
42	Carole	36	new	43
43	Janet	36	↓2	21
44	Kathleen	36	↑1	20
45	Marilyn	36	new	27
46	Ruth	36	↓10	32
47	Jo	35	new	61
48	Anna	34	new	74
49	Charlotte	33	new	50
50	Joan	33	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	328	–	2
2	James	299	↑1	1
3	John	296	↓1	3
4	Richard	245	–	5
5	David	219	↑1	6
6	William	194	↓1	4
7	Frank	159	–	21
8	Joe	151	–	33
9	George	140	↑5	14
10	Charles	131	↓1	7
11	Michael	120	↑4	9
12	Ronald	100	↓1	10
13	Manuel	90	↑3	>100
14	Larry	89	↓4	12
15	Jerry	86	↓2	19
16	Donald	85	↑1	11
17	Gary	83	↑1	15
18	Edward	75	↑5	18
19	Raymond	74	↑1	22
20	Thomas	74	↓8	8
21	Henry	71	–	35
22	Paul	71	–	17
23	Kenneth	68	↓4	16
24	Albert	62	↑22	44
25	Daniel	61	↑1	25
26	Roy	58	↑1	39
27	Johnny	56	↓2	45
28	Joseph	56	↑20	13
29	Dennis	54	–	20
30	Jose	54	↓2	>100
31	Arthur	49	↑1	29
32	Tony	48	↑2	>100
33	Ernest	44	↓9	59
34	Ralph	44	↑1	42
35	Jack	43	↓4	30
36	Billy	41	new	38
37	Jimmy	41	↓1	41
38	Lawrence	41	new	32
39	Wayne	41	new	37
40	Gilbert	40	↑5	>100
41	Jim	39	new	68
42	Fred	38	↓9	47
43	Roger	38	new	23
44	Mike	37	↓6	80
45	Tommy	36	↓6	70
46	Victor	36	new	>100
47	Danny	35	↓4	76
48	Eddie	35	↓18	79
49	Carlos	34	new	>100
50	Harold	34	new	27

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